Harness-tug



(No'Mod'eL) H. SMITH.

' HARNESS TUG;

No. 259,777. Patented June 20, 1882.

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,necticut, have invented certain new and use- UNITED STATES PATENTOrrin.

HENRY SMITH, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

'HARNESS-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,777, dated June 20,1882. Application filed April 27, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of ConfulImprovements in Harness-Tugs, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a view of the metal tug, backstrap buckle, leather loop, andmetal loop to which the belly-girt is fastened. Fig. 2 is a view of themetal tug. Fig. 3 is a top view of the tug, showing a slot through whichthe tongue of the buckle passes. Fig. 4 is a crosssection of the tug andleather lining. Fig. 5 is a view of the plate for holding the metal loopto the tug. Fig. 6 is a view of the metal loop. Fig. 7 is a view of oneend of the tug, and Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the tug.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in harness-tugs; andit consists in a novel construction of the same, as shown inthedrawings, and hereinafter described and explained.

To enable others to make my improved tug in the way contemplated, I willgive a detailed The tug A, Figs. 1 and 2, is made ofan iron bar having aflat and a rounded side, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 8. Its ends aand b are rolled downward and made flat on both sides. In the end a theslot 0, Fig. 7, is formed. In the end b the slot 07, Fig. 3, is formed,and the end is bent to form the space 0, in which the leather loop B isclamped between the overlapping ends of the tug. The bar or tug is bentinto proper form and so that the slot d is over the slot 0, the end abeing bent round the bar of the buckle and the end I) overlapping, asshown in Fig. 2. The tongue of the buckle passes I through the slots 0and d. A rivet passes through the end I), tug, and lining m, and fastensthe parts together, clamping the leather loop B in the space 0.

The leather loop B hasits ends stitched together, is dampened, andpressed in a mold to give it the proper form. The leather lining m isformed in a similar way, and is fastened to the tug by the rivets whichfasten the end I) and the plate a to the tug. A good tug may be madewithout the lining; but it is better with it.

The plate at is formed to hold the metal loop 0 and to fit the tug, andis riveted to the tug.

The tug may be covered with leather, japanned, or nickel-plated, asdesired.

I am well aware that harness-tugs have been made with a leather andmetal lining and a strap surrounding both, and that metal tugs ofvarious forms of construction have been made; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metal tug A, having its end a bentround the bar of the buckle, andprovided with the slot 0, through which the tongue of the buckle passes,also having its overlapping end b, provided with the slotd, throughwhich the tongue of the buckle also passes, formed to make the space 0,in which the leather-loop B is clamped and riveted to the side of thetug, and also having them etal loop 0 fastened to the tug by the platea, riveted to the tug, substantially as shown and set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SMITH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE TERRY, DANIEL S. GLENNY, Jr.

